And I'm surprised that in a thread dedicated to the passing of a great footballer that you thought it was worth posting that. Technically you are right, but the derby against City was United's penultimate game of that season and going into it, they were on thirty two points, three points behind Birmingham who were the team who stayed up in nineteenth position. In those days of two points for a win, United needed at least a win and a draw to stand a chance of staying up as they had a game in hand on Birmingham who were playing their final game at home to Norwich at the same time. When Law scored, Birmingham were 2-1 up, so United were relying on them scoring against City and Norwich at least equalising at St. Andrews. Neither event occurred, instead Law back healed the goal that won the derby and Birmingham ended up winning, but no one can say for sure that the Birmingham result would have stayed the same without Law's goal, the crowd and players at St Andrews would have relaxed when they heard Law had scored, whereas those final few minutes would have been very fraught and a Norwich equaliser might then have come. Before Law's goal, United's fans had some hope (albeit, they would have needed a big win in their final game at Stoke), after it there was none.Originally Posted by Hilts
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